# 0.1.0 (Alpha)

![Spacedrive Explorer](/images/explorer.png)

After 15 months of development we are extremely excited to be releasing the first version of Spacedrive as an early public alpha.

This is an MVP, and by no means feature complete. Please test out the features listed below and give us feedback via Discord, email or GitHub Issues.

<Notice
	type="info"
	title="Missing features"
	text="This release is missing the ability to connect multiple nodes together, this will be included in a following release. Along with multi-select, cloud support, and more explorer tools."
/>
## Features:

- Support for Windows, Linux and macOS.

- Basic onboarding flow.

- Create [Libraries](../../developers/architecture/libraries) and switch between them.

{/* - Connect multiple [Nodes](../../developers/architecture/nodes) to a Library via LAN. */}

- Add [Locations](../../developers/architecture/locations) to import files into Spacedrive.

  - Indexer watch for changes and performs light re-scans.

  - Identifier generates checksum and categorizes files into [Objects]()

  - Define indexer rules to ignore certain files or folders.

    _Eventually Clouds will be supported and added as Cloud Locations_

  - Generate [Preview Media](../../developers/architecture/preview-media) for image, video and documents.

- Browse Locations via the [Explorer](../../developers/architecture/explorer) and view previews and metadata.

  - Viewer options: row/grid item size, show/hide size.
  - Context menu: rename, cut, copy, paste, duplicate, delete, favorite and tag assign.
    {/* - Multi-select with dedicated context menu options. */}
  - Double click to open, or open with from context menu
  - Quick View: an in-app viewer for images, videos, text files, code with syntax highlighting, PDFs.

- Browse unique files by category on Overview screen
  {/* - Automatically identify unique files to discover duplicates, shown in the inspector. */}

- Create [Tags](../../developers/architecture/tags) and assign them to files, browse tagged files from sidebar.

{/* - Create [Spaces](../../developers/architecture/spaces) to organize and present files. */}

{/* - Automated Spaces can include files that match criteria. */}

{/* _Eventually Spaces will be sharable, publically or privately_ */}

{/* - Create photo [Albums](../../developers/architecture/albums) and add images. */}

- Library statistics: total capacity, database size, preview media size, free space.

- [Search](../../developers/architecture/search) Library via search bar or CTRL+F.

  - Searches online and offline Locations.

    _Better search options coming soon, with filters for tags, location, kind etc._

{/* - Drag and drop file transfer on a keybind. */}

{/* - Defaults to CTRL+Space, also possible from Explorer context menu. */}

{/* - Customize sidebar freely with section headings and flexible slots, include default layout. */}

- Pause, resume and cancel [Jobs](../../developers/architecture/jobs) with recovery on crash via Job Manager widget.

{/* - Multi-window support. */}

- Light and dark theme with optional system sync

- 48 custom icons for file types.

- 250+ supported file types with "[magic byte](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_file_signatures)" detection.

- Automatic update installer.

- Opt-in Telemetry and local logs.
